[
  {
    "id": "who-don-600-2026-05-08",
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "tag": "Risk Assessment",
    "source": {
      "id": "who-don-600-2026",
      "title": "WHO DON 2026-DON600: Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country (update)",
      "url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600",
      "publisher": "WHO",
      "publishedAt": "2026-05-08"
    },
    "summary": "WHO updated the cruise-ship cluster figures: \"a total of eight cases, including three deaths (case fatality ratio 38%)\". Six cases laboratory-confirmed as hantavirus, two probable. Four patients currently hospitalised, one in intensive care in Johannesburg. Affected countries expanded to nine: Argentina, Cabo Verde, Chile, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom. All confirmed cases identified as Andes virus (Orthohantavirus andesense). H2H transmission documented among close contacts aboard the vessel. WHO assesses the risk as low at the global level and moderate at the cruise-ship level."
  },
  {
    "id": "who-cruise-news-2026-05-07",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "tag": "Risk Assessment",
    "source": {
      "id": "who-cruise-news-2026-05-07",
      "title": "WHO's response to hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship",
      "url": "https://www.who.int/news/item/07-05-2026-who-s-response-to-hantavirus-cases-linked-to-a-cruise-ship",
      "publisher": "WHO",
      "publishedAt": "2026-05-07"
    },
    "summary": "WHO updated figures for the cruise-ship cluster: 8 cases, 5 confirmed as hantavirus (Andes virus), 3 deaths. Director-General Dr Tedros stated WHO assesses the public-health risk as low because Andes virus only transmits between people via close, prolonged contact. WHO deployed an onboard expert, shipped 2,500 diagnostic kits from Argentina to five countries, and developed disembarkation guidance under the IHR."
  },
  {
    "id": "who-fact-sheet-2026-05-06",
    "date": "2026-05-06",
    "tag": "General Update",
    "source": {
      "id": "who-fact-sheet",
      "title": "WHO Hantavirus Fact Sheet",
      "url": "https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hantavirus",
      "publisher": "WHO",
      "publishedAt": "2026-05-06"
    },
    "summary": "WHO updated its Hantavirus Fact Sheet. Incubation period given as 1–8 weeks. Human-to-human transmission documented only for Andes virus in the Americas. Case fatality 20–40% commonly (up to 50%) for HCPS; <1–15% for HFRS. No licensed antiviral or vaccine."
  },
  {
    "id": "who-don-599-2026-05-04",
    "date": "2026-05-04",
    "tag": "Risk Assessment",
    "source": {
      "id": "who-don-599-2026",
      "title": "WHO DON 2026-DON599: Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country",
      "url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON599",
      "publisher": "WHO",
      "publishedAt": "2026-05-04"
    },
    "summary": "WHO reported a hantavirus cluster on a cruise ship that departed Argentina on 1 April 2026: 2 confirmed and 5 suspected cases, 3 deaths. Affected countries: Argentina, Cabo Verde, Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, United Kingdom. Andes virus suspected. WHO assessed global risk as low."
  },
  {
    "id": "paho-alert-2025-12-19",
    "date": "2025-12-19",
    "tag": "Risk Assessment",
    "source": {
      "id": "paho-2025-12-19",
      "title": "PAHO Epidemiological Alert: HPS in the Americas Region (19 December 2025)",
      "url": "https://www.paho.org/sites/default/files/2025-12/2025-12-19-epidemiological-alert-hantavirus-engfinal_0.pdf",
      "publisher": "PAHO",
      "publishedAt": "2025-12-19"
    },
    "summary": "PAHO/WHO issued an Epidemiological Alert for Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in the Americas. Eight countries reported 229 confirmed cases and 59 deaths through EW 47 of 2025; regional case fatality rate 25.7%. Argentina and Chile accounted for the Andes-virus subset (101 confirmed, 28 deaths). Listed here as historical Tier-1 reporting; not included in current site totals — HantaTracker now displays only the 2026 cruise-ship cluster, the only documented Andes-virus event with H2H transmission. See METHODOLOGY.md §Scope."
  }
]